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[Who pardon preach through faith alone]
Do we then make void the law through faith? &c.
—iii. 31.
Who pardon preach through faith alone,
Do we not piety reject,
The need of virtuous deeds disown,
And make the law of none effect?
The law we stablish and defend,
Its full authority we prove,
And point poor souls to Christ its end,
And show it all fulfill'd in love.
We the one sure foundation lay,
Of righteous works and tempers pure,
“Receive with faith a power to' obey,
And labouring to the end endure:
Thou may'st through that all-cleansing blood
Consummate holiness attain,
And answering the whole will of God,
Commence at last a perfect man.”
